Your Call To Action

A call to action seems obvious but it's often missed by a lot of online marketers.

We're often told that the best marketing strategy is to offer lots of good, free information and ideas that our readers can benefit from. I completely agree, but where most publishers go wrong is they don't first think about what they want to accomplish with their writing. 

Free information is great but it should be provided with some intention in mind.  For example, to request a sale, a lead, a subscription, a contact, whatever it is you should be shooting for an objective with everything you write, even if it's simply to get someone to sign up for your newsletter. That's where your call to action comes in. 

Of course, it's not always easy to get your readers to respond to your call to action the way you want them to, but there are a few things you can do to help you not only develop a compelling call to action, but help ensure they act on your call. [Read more...]

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Where to Get Free Web Graphics

If you've been looking for graphics to add to your web pages, articles or blogs you know that professional graphics can be expensive, so getting free web graphics can be a real benefit, especially if you're trying to impress and lure readers in.

If you've been having trouble finding free graphics that look good and are easy to create or download, here are a few great ways to get them… [Read more...]

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Fast Solutions For Driving Traffic to Your Web Site

The amount of traffic you get to your website is your key to making sales. To put it in simple terms, the more traffic, the more sales.  But your traffic also has to be targeted meaning the visitors you get must be interested in what you have. 

There's no magic formula for getting tons of traffic but there are some simple yet fast solutions for driving traffic to your web site that anyone can do.  I suggest experimenting with them all, one at a time that is. When you find out what works for you, work it ;-) [Read more...]

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Win A Free Custom Header

I just entered a blog post at the Berries & Cream design website in honor of a Mother's Day Contest that Revka Stearns is running for a free custom header graphic.

I know Mother's Day is over but the contest is running until May 17th so if you feel like making an entry in honor of your mom, there's still plenty of time.   Oh, and you don't have to be a mom or even a woman to enter :-)

You can read the full details here.

I entered one of my favorite memories and I'd love to read about yours.

 

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5000 Backlinks Review – Getting High Value Backlinks

If you own a website you know how valuable backlinks are. I'm not talking about just any backlinks; I'm talking about getting high value backlinks.

With all things being equal, content, site design and SEO; the sites with the most high value backlinks are the ones that will rise above the competition.

That's not a guess on my part, I know that to be a fact, it's how my homenotion site, for example, has reached the first page of Google for 3 of the top searched internet business keyword phrases, 'home internet business', internet home business' and 'internet business'.

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